Are you refering to the Emerald or Amethyst parures? Her wedding tiara was borrowed from the GRF. I think she and her family have enough money that she can buy her own stuff inher own taste rather than make do with hand-me downs.

Historical Jewels are NEVER "hand me downs". They are wonderful gifts of family history.
You make them sound like second hand frocks!!

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It is a pity that GF had to sell the Diamond tiara that Queen Fredericka always wore. Dose anyone know who bought it? I hope that they get some wear out of it, it would be a pity to have it on while doing the house work.

I was looking at a thread from Elena of Spain's wedding. MC was wearing her engegement ring. I have noticed she doesn't wear it now. It looked like it had blue & white stones. Does anyone know what it looks like.
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I remember seeing a photo of it years ago. I believe it was a square cut cabachon sapphire and square cut diamond, but they were turned about 45 degrees so that they looked more diamond shape than square.

It seems as though we hardly ever see Marie-Chantal wearing rings of any type. We also don't see her wearing much jewelry at all except for pearls. She looks fabulous in pearls. I know that I have seen photos of her mother wearing very large pieces of jewelry, but MC seems to steer clear of jewelry. Does Pavlos wear his wedding band? I don't recall seeing one on his hand, but I could be mistaken.

Not the same. The necklace that Marie-Chantal wears in the very first post is owned by the Miller family. This necklace was also worn by the youngest sister, Alexandra during the pre-wedding festivites for Marie-Chantal and Pavlos.

This doesn't really have a name since she only wore it this one time (May 2004 pre-wedding festivities for Frederik and Mary's wedding) and then at the end of the year (HELLO Nov. 2004 magazine and another I can't recall, Tatler or Harper's Bazaar?) there was an article that it was for sale. Your close-up photo came from that article. This scan is from HELLO Magazine Nov. 2004http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ndsontiara.jpg
I guess, you could call it William and Son Tiara.

This is Marie-Chantal's wedding tiara loaned by Queen Anne-Marie. This tiara was originally a huge brooch/corsage. Queen Ingrid used to wear it as a brooch on her gown or as a pendant. Bjarne Steen Jensen (author of Juverlene I Det Danske Kongehus) calls it a pearl diadem. Queen Ingrid converted it to a tiara and gave it to Anne-Marie for her 18th birthday.